Candlestick

A JavaScript library for candlestick pattern detection. Easy to use and solves the need for node-gyp builds.

Installation

To use the most recent release in your project:

npm install --save candlestick

Available functions

Boolean pattern detection

• isHammer(candlestick)
• isInvertedHammer(candlestick)
• isBullishHammer(candlestick)
• isBearishHammer(candlestick)
• isBullishInvertedHammer(candlestick)
• isBearishInvertedHammer(candlestick)
• isHangingMan(previous, current)
• isShootingStar(previous, current)
• isBullishEngulfing(previous, current)
• isBearishEngulfing(previous, current)
• isBullishHarami(previous, current)
• isBearishHarami(previous, current)
• isBullishKicker(previous, current)
• isBearishKicker(previous, current)

Search patterns in arrays

• hammer(dataArray)
• invertedHammer(dataArray)
• bullishHammer(dataArray)
• bearishHammer(dataArray)
• bullishInvertedHammer(dataArray)
• bearishInvertedHammer(dataArray)
• hangingMan(dataArray)
• shootingStar(dataArray)
• bullishEngulfing(dataArray)
• bearishEngulfing(dataArray)
• bullishHarami(dataArray)
• bearishHarami(dataArray)
• bullishKicker(dataArray)
• bearishKicker(dataArray)

candlestick, previous and current are OHLC (Open, High, Low, Close) objects:

{
  open: number,   // security's opening price
  high: number,   // security's highest price
  low: number,    // security's lowest price
  close: number   // security's closing price
}

dataArray is an array of OHLC objects like previous or current.

Note: OHLC objects can have more fields and does not affect the final result.

=== ⚠️ BREAKING CHANGE WARNING ON VERSIONS >= 0.0.6 ===

Before: search pattern functions returned the last OHLC object conforming the pattern. After: they return the first index of the candle conforming the pattern. It helps locating candlestick in dataArray more easily. So before upgrading to version 0.0.6, please be aware of changing your code.

Examples

Boolean detection

Use two OHLCs to assess the pattern:

const { isBullishKicker, isBearishKicker } = require('candlestick');

// Market data: previous and current ticks
const prev = {
  security: 'ORCL',
  date: '2016-09-15',
  open: 40.18,
  high: 41.03,
  low: 40.09,
  close: 40.86
};

const curr = {
  security: 'ORCL',
  date: '2016-09-16',
  open: 39.61,
  high: 39.35,
  low: 38.71,
  close: 38.92
};

console.log(isBullishKicker(prev, curr)); // false
console.log(isBearishKicker(prev, curr)); // true

Finding patterns in series

Find the points in a dataset where the pattern occurs:

const { shootingStar } = require('candlestick');

// Market data: array of ticks
const data = [
  {
    security: 'GE',
    date: '2016-02-01',
    open: 29.01,
    high: 29.03,
    low: 28.56,
    close: 28.64
  },
  { ... },
  { ... },
  ...
  { ... }
];

console.log(shootingStar(data));
// result: [{ security: 'GE', date: '2016-02-10', ... }, { security: 'GE', date: '2016-07-11', ... }]

Running tests

npm test

Contributing

You are welcome to contribute to this library creating new issues or pull requests.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.